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as in pipe
a long hollow cylinder for carrying a substance (as a liquid or gas)
the major conduit for carrying water to the military base
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as in aqueduct
an open man-made passageway for water
water flowed along the conduit to the fountain
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Recent Examples of conduit
One-half-inch conduit is great for the small fiber optic cable.
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Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 10 May 2025
LLMs and machine learning are merely the conduit through which benefits to the customer are delivered.
—Justin Warren, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
His strained, sandpaper-coarse timbre served as an ideal conduit for songs concerned with boisterous revelries, shady agreements, licentious intentions and musical pleasures.
—Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2025
One app, which, in 2023, became the main conduit by which migrants could seek asylum in the U.S.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 10 May 2025
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Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 10 May 2025
LLMs and machine learning are merely the conduit through which benefits to the customer are delivered.
—Justin Warren, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
His strained, sandpaper-coarse timbre served as an ideal conduit for songs concerned with boisterous revelries, shady agreements, licentious intentions and musical pleasures.
—Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2025
One app, which, in 2023, became the main conduit by which migrants could seek asylum in the U.S.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 10 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conduit
Noun
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Mastercard runs quantum-threat drills inside its Cybersecurity Fusion Centers and has already swapped post-quantum algorithms into some internal message pipes.—
Zennon Kapron,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
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Tasks included repairing barbed wire fences, castrating animals and laying irrigation pipes, the suit alleges.—
Tyler Kingkade,
NBC news,
12 June 2025
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Then Los Angeles built an aqueduct, diverting water from the Owens River to feed the city’s growth.—
Sammy Roth,
Los Angeles Times,
5 June 2025
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Firefighters held the fire’s progress at a local aqueduct.—
Grant Stringer,
Mercury News,
23 May 2025
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Purchase includes a glass testing tube as well as a bottle brush.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
13 June 2025
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Portable air conditioner: These units will also have a tube for the exhaust that can run through any opening in your tent.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
12 June 2025
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From January through May, the stretch generated double-digit growth for container shipping sailings from the year prior, both northbound and southbound through the canal.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
5 June 2025
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By 1903, irrigation canals that funneled snowmelt from the Cascade Mountains were dug in the eastern part of the state, and in 1914, vineyards that are now considered historically important were planted in Yakima Valley; the most notable is W.B. Bridgman in Sunnyside.—
Mike DeSimone,
Robb Report,
3 June 2025
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Watson has not publicly commented on the lawsuit but continues to post videos to his YouTube channel.—
Theo Karantsalis,
Miami Herald,
13 June 2025
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Most of the group’s meetups are virtual: either via weekly video calls or messaging on the SDC Discord channel.—
Matt Villano,
CNN Money,
13 June 2025
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Protesters threw stones and plastic water bottles at police cruisers and onto the 101 Freeway, temporarily stopping traffic, and members of the crowd set several driverless Waymo cars on fire, producing a funnel of black smoke.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
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Mosquito traps with fans and funnels have shown good efficacy, especially when multiple neighbors on adjacent properties use them.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 June 2025
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“Conduit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conduit. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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